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1. Wet spongy ground of decomposing vegetation.
4. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
9. The capital and chief port of Qatar.
13. An internationally recognized distress signal in radio code.
16. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
17. Flesh of any of various freshwater fishes of the families Centrarchidae of North America or Cyprinidae of Europe.
18. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
19. A drug combination found in some over-the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and Phenacetin and Caffeine).
20. Small usually bright-colored semiaquatic salamanders of North America and Europe and North Asia.
22. A formal contractual relationship established to provide for regular banking or brokerage or business services.
24. Indigo bush.
26. Dutch postimpressionist painter noted for his use of color (1853-1890).
27. Occurring or payable twice each year.
29. Relating to or characteristic of or occurring on land.
30. Someone who engages in arbitrage (who purchases securities in one market for immediate resale in another in the hope of profiting from the price differential).
32. A public promotion of some product or service.
33. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh.
35. 100 ngwee equal 1 kwacha.
37. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac insects.
40. The longest river in England.
43. A colorless and odorless inert gas.
44. An associate degree in nursing.
45. A crime syndicate in the United States.
48. Being one more than one.
49. Informal terms for a mother.
50. United States humorist and writer of satirical short stories (1885-1933).
53. (Judaism) A Jewish festival (traditionally 8 days) celebrating the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt.
54. Open-heart surgery in which the rib cage is opened and a section of a blood vessel is grafted from the aorta to the coronary artery to bypass the blocked section of the coronary artery and improve the blood supply to the heart.
56. The act of pursuing.
57. A system of one or more computers and associated software with common storage.
59. Extinct flightless bird of New Zealand.
60. A pilgrimage to Mecca.
66. (Islam) The man who leads prayers in a mosque.
68. A drug (trade names Atarax and Vistaril) used as a tranquilizer to treat anxiety and motion sickness.
69. An artificial language related to Ido.
70. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
71. A promontory in northern Morocco opposite the Rock of Gibraltar.
72. A solution containing chemicals that can change the color of a photographic print.
74. A very poisonous metallic element that has three allotropic forms.
75. A pair of people who live together.
78. A colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube.
79. A city in northern India.
82. A soft white precious univalent metallic element having the highest electrical and thermal conductivity of any metal.
85. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali earth group.
86. A steep rugged rock or cliff.
87. An artificial language.
94. Small buffalo of Mindoro in the Philippines.
96. Spread or daub over.
98. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
99. Water frozen in the solid state.
100. A unit of dry measure used in Egypt.
102. Any of several related languages of the Celts in Ireland and Scotland.
103. Not in good physical or mental health.
104. (meaning literally `born') Used to indicate the maiden or family name of a married woman.
105. A person to whom money is paid.
106. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
107. A potent estrogen used in medicine and in feed for livestock and poultry.
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1. A vigorous blow.
2. A spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a substitute for butter.
3. Cheap showy jewelry or ornament or clothing.
4. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
5. Taken or to be taken at random.
6. Of or belonging to an aecium.
7. Covered with paving material.
8. A primeval personification of air and breath.
9. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
10. The cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one.
11. An expression of greeting.
12. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
13. A deep bow.
14. Affording unobstructed entrance and exit.
15. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
21. Informal terms for clothing.
23. A transuranic element that has not been found in nature.
25. Verse in the meter used in Greek and Latin poetry consisting of strophes of 4 tetrametric lines.
28. A broad flat muscle on either side of the back.
31. East Indian annual erect herb.
34. The 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet.
36. English writer (born in Scotland) of children's stories (1859-1932).
38. Tropical or subtropical evergreen shrubs or small trees.
39. An alliance made up of states that had been Soviet Socialist Republics in the Soviet Union prior to its dissolution in Dec 1991.
41. Give encouragement to.
42. A chief of a North American tribe or confederation (especially an Algonquian chief).
46. Offering fun and gaiety.
47. A river in north central Switzerland that runs northeast into the Rhine.
51. The seventh month of the Moslem calendar.
52. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped cucumbers and spices.
55. At full speed.
58. Any of numerous low-growing cushion-forming plants of the genus Draba having rosette-forming leaves and terminal racemes of small flowers with scapose or leafy stems.
61. An informal term for a father.
62. A set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or knowledge.
63. A silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group.
64. (prefix) In front of or before in space.
65. Drooping of the upper eyelid caused by muscle paralysis and weakness.
67. A port city and resort in Andalusia in southern Spain on the Mediterranean.
73. A winged often one-seed indehiscent fruit as of the ash or elm or maple.
76. On a ship, train, plane or other vehicle.
77. A hard gray lustrous metallic element that is highly corrosion-resistant.
80. A state of sanctification by God.
81. Tall perennial herb of tropical Asia with dark green leaves.
83. Something considered choice to eat.
84. A metal-bearing mineral valuable enough to be mined.
88. A French abbot.
89. The content of cognition.
90. In bed.
91. Being the one previously mentioned or spoken of.
92. (usually followed by `to') Having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something.
93. A master's degree in library science.
95. A reproach for some lapse or misdeed.
97. North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
101. The branch of engineering science that studies the uses of electricity and the equipment for power generation and distribution and the control of machines and communication.
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